Thanks for identifying those, Tony. I started seeing them about a year ago as well and had guessed they are some type of psocid.
Alan *Alan Van Dyke * Senior Preservation Technician Harry Ransom Center The University of Texas at Austin P.O. Drawer 7219 Austin, TX 78713-7219 P: 512-232-4614 www.hrc.utexas.edu On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 5:45 PM Tony Irwin <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, they are booklice - *Dorypteryx*. Unable to fly, but very good at > hopping. They seem to be turning up quite frequently in museums and art > galleries, but I don't know of any reports of serious damage yet. > Tony > > Dr A.G.Irwin > 47 The Avenues > Norwich > Norfolk NR2 3PH > England > > mobile: +44(0)7880707834 > phone: +44(0)1603 453524 > > > On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 23:37, [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello Pestlist, >> >> I've come across a few of these guys. They are about the size of >> booklice, but the body shape looks different and they have wings that look >> different than the winged booklice I see online. >> >> Are they still booklice? >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> Julie >> >> Collections Care Assistant >> Fine Arts Museums San Francisco >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Museumpests" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/4bfd10d5-71c9-4cce-82e7-c22bf28b5d82%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/4bfd10d5-71c9-4cce-82e7-c22bf28b5d82%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Museumpests" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAFWqZKOQmsjsBxyEPv_p%2B8c0LVY_RA1urSXb0vqLZ9hBv_F%2BDg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAFWqZKOQmsjsBxyEPv_p%2B8c0LVY_RA1urSXb0vqLZ9hBv_F%2BDg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Museumpests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/pestlist. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAHhLO3bRErFpP%2BGig0iCXF5WYUrA3QyO8CjFRhefcdgPgSx5KQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
